Penny Schwartz

Penny Schwartz is a JTA correspondent based in Boston. She has been published in the Boston Globe, The Times of Israel, JewishBoston.com, WBUR’s TheARTery, and Hadassah Magazine.

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In a first, Massachusetts lawmakers delay budget fight to accommodate Passover observance

By Penny Schwartz April 26, 2024 9:23 am

Inside 10 new haggadahs for 2024: America and Israel take their places at the seder table

By Philissa Cramer and Penny Schwartz April 5, 2024 10:17 am

A superhero, a scientist and a T. rex who scares his seder guests star in 2024’s new Passover children’s books

By Penny Schwartz March 18, 2024 3:01 pm

Ruth Fein, ‘absolute giant of the Boston Jewish community,’ dies at 96

By Penny Schwartz February 27, 2024 10:00 am

Picture book about family that celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year nabs top Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book award

By Penny Schwartz January 22, 2024 12:12 pm

Boston writer Norm Finkelstein, whose YA books championed Jewish heroes, dies at 82

By Penny Schwartz January 9, 2024 12:49 pm

A Harry Potter fan’s murder reverberates from Israel to Boston

By Penny Schwartz October 29, 2023 6:28 pm

A pioneering 18th-century Sephardic silversmith’s Torah decorations to be displayed in US museums for first time

By Penny Schwartz August 10, 2023 6:06 pm

Mazels

They were denied Jewish weddings in the Soviet Union. So these 3 couples just got married again.

By Penny Schwartz February 10, 2023 10:30 am

A picture book about a heroine of Holocaust memory and 2 fantasy novels top year’s Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book awards

By Penny Schwartz January 30, 2023 3:31 pm

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In a first, Massachusetts lawmakers delay budget fight to accommodate Passover observance

Inside 10 new haggadahs for 2024: America and Israel take their places at the seder table

A superhero, a scientist and a T. rex who scares his seder guests star in 2024’s new Passover children’s books

Ruth Fein, ‘absolute giant of the Boston Jewish community,’ dies at 96

Picture book about family that celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year nabs top Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book award

Boston writer Norm Finkelstein, whose YA books championed Jewish heroes, dies at 82

A Harry Potter fan’s murder reverberates from Israel to Boston

A pioneering 18th-century Sephardic silversmith’s Torah decorations to be displayed in US museums for first time

They were denied Jewish weddings in the Soviet Union. So these 3 couples just got married again.

A picture book about a heroine of Holocaust memory and 2 fantasy novels top year’s Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book awards

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